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Definition of pandurate - 2 dictionary results

pan⋅du⋅rate

[pan-duh-reyt, -der-it, -dyuh-reyt, -dyer-it]
–adjective
shaped like a fiddle, as a leaf.
Also, pan⋅du⋅ri⋅form [pan-door-uh-fawrm, -dyoor-] .


Origin:
1765–75; < L pandūr(a) musical instrument (see bandore ) + -ate 1
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pan·du·rate   (pān-dŏŏr'ĭt, -dyŏŏr'-)   
adj.   Botany
Having rounded ends and a contracted center; fiddle-shaped: pandurate leaves.

[From Late Latin pandūra, three-string lute, from Greek pandoura.]
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